A patient's drawing helped the physician to make the correct diagnosis: Occupational contact allergy to isothiazolinone

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-176

  Friis, Ulrik F ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; drawing; methylchloroisothiazolinone; methylisothaizolinone

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; DRAWING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATCH TEST;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PATCH TESTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THIAZOLES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84865275735     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02093.x     Document Type: Article

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